Health Information Management & Technology

CHA supports the capture and availability of secure patient-care data through the use of health information technology (HIT) across the continuum of care. CHA believes HIT serves as a tool to enhance patient safety, promote information sharing for preventative health services and reduce health care costs.

Hospitals face a number of challenges with HIT such as security and interoperability. The development of industry standards is crucial to successful interoperability and the safe and effective exchange of patient data. Certification of vendor systems, for example, involves compliance with industry-accepted data and technical standards.

CHA supports the capture and availability of secure patient-care
data through the use of health information technology (HIT)
across the continuum of care. CHA believes HIT serves as a tool
to enhance patient safety, promote information sharing for
preventative health services and reduce health care costs.

Hospitals face a number of challenges with HIT such as security
and interoperability. The development of industry standards is
crucial to successful interoperability and the safe and effective
exchange of patient data. Certification of vendor systems, for
example, involves compliance with industry-accepted data and
technical standards.

In response to
requests from CHA and other stakeholders, the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS) has extended the comment
period for its two proposed rules on interoperability and
information blocking to June 3.

Yesterday, CHA submitted
comments on the Office of the National Coordinator’s (ONC)
draft strategy to reduce regulatory and administrative burden
related to health information technology and electronic health
record (EHR) use.

CHA is pleased to announce the new release of
its Record and Data
Retention Schedule, the first update of this publication
in seven years. The guidebook provides an overview of practical
considerations in record retention policies and helps hospitals
determine which records need to be kept and for how long.

The guide can help reduce storage costs and avoid legal pitfalls
by making clear when it is safe to dispose of certain records.